This morning I cut the sleeves off of the black shearling coat that my mother’s friend Joyce gave to me five years ago. I have wanted to cut off the sleeves for more than four years. They were too big and I knew that, hidden inside of that enormous bear of a coat, there was a beautiful shearling vest waiting to be born.
Today, because I finished my vision board last night, I cut off the sleeves.
This is only the beginning
My Vision Board
- reminds me who i am
- infuses me with courage – and also, magic
- strengthens my will – and my willingness to try new things (because I have an end in mind)
- focuses and clears my thinking
- jazzes and juices my body. I don’t know why. It just does.
- pleases me and makes me smile
I started collecting the elements for this project in late 2010 – but the truth is, I keep my vision board brain on ALL THE TIME. I have a box (several boxes, actually) into which I toss images and words snipped from magazines, postcards, calendars, etc. I’ve written a detailed post about this process, with directions you can follow, here: Resolutions, Shmesolutions: Invent a world instead
You can also watch my video of the process (someday, when I can figure out how to edit and upload it from my FLIP camera.)
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I’m participating in Jamie Ridler Studio’s “A Year of Dreams” this year. Dreamboards (Vision Boards, etc.) are quite new to me … yet powerful beyond measure. I’m sooo ready to LAUNCH – and I’m so grateful for the Spirit Tribe that has graciously opened its arms to me in such a synchronicitous way. (You, Jamie, and a few others.) I think syncing with like-spirited souls is the element I’ve been missing to move forward.
I’ve had ‘visions’ of the two of us hosting something in the Niagara area (either side of the border). When this gets clearer – maybe we can talk about it?
I know that this ‘syncing’ is the key for me, too. And yes, Yes, YES! I am totally in for Niagara. YES! What fun that would be. (Maybe even Guelph)
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